as in debated
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion
we discussed the new proposal for the school stadium
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Recent Examples of discussed
Thursday’s report is not the first time the possibility of Trump pardoning Combs has been publicly discussed.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
This tension was on display in Paris this week, when representatives from 35 countries, including the US, discussed how to guarantee Ukraine’s post-war security in the event of a peace deal with Russia.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
As discussed, nobody disagrees.
—Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2026
Before the closed-door session on Wednesday, board members publicly discussed approving, funding, and conducting an investigation into Bulson and any other board member who was potentially involved in the April 2024 incident.
—Ashley Paul, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Although legislators at the state level had discussed Kansas City, Kansas, as a potential site for the $3 billion stadium previously, that talk stayed behind closed doors at the state level for quite a while, said David Johnston, Wyandotte County administrator.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
In August 1995, just days after Alu publicly discussed that his and O’Hara’s families would lose health benefits if they were forced to retire due to their injuries, the city of Plantation changed its policy.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
This has been a trend in how AI is discussed for a while.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
But as the crowd discussed progress in Hollywood, Moore’s voice carried a different weight.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discussed
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The airstrikes were not authorized by Congress, and their legality has been debated.—
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Regardless of political party or ideology, Americans have the right to witness important issues like crime and drugs debated in an open and fair forum.—
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But the department has argued the sheer volume of documents that need to be found, uploaded, reviewed, redacted and published has forced it to instead release the files online on a rolling basis, with a series of enormous document dumps over the course of several days in mid-December.—
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Skelton argued that the city’s code lays out a specific process for declaring an animal as dangerous, which often entails a day in municipal court.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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And while Connecticut’s chief fiscal watchdog didn’t call for changing state budget caps that hamper the General Assembly’s ability to solve the Medicaid dilemma, Scanlon said all solutions need to be reviewed.—
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“Discussed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discussed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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